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"La Casa Hechizada" de Charles Dickens es una novela corta fantasmal. Sigue los eventos espeluznantes y sobrenaturales en una vieja y decrépita mansión, mientras un grupo de visitantes experimenta apariciones inquietantes y sucesos misteriosos que desafían su comprensión del mundo natural.

​Comment faire de notre passé une force d'avenir ? Enfance, éducation, souvenirs heureux ou traumatiques : notre passé ne passe pas. Il est toujours présent. Il nous appartient alors d'établir une relation apaisée et féconde avec notre mémoire. Celle-ci n'est pas, comme on le pense souvent, un stock de données. Les neurosciences nous apprennent, au contraire, que la mémoire est dynamique, mouvante. Nos souvenirs ne sont pas figés, ils s'apparentent à une partition à interpréter. Notre rapport au passé doit être repensé.

Charles Dickens' masterful historical novel, set in Paris and London during the French Revolution, combines life-and-death adventure with a moving personal story. Lucie Manette, daughter of a revolutionary hero, and Charles Darnay, an aristocrat sympathetic to the poor, are in love. When vengeful revolutionaries seize Charles, can Lucie's friend, Sydney Carton, save him - and at what cost?

When a poor miller dies, his three sons are given their inheritance. The eldest son is given the mill, the middle son is given his donkey, leaving the youngest son with almost nothing: a cat the family believes to be useless. But Puss isn't any old cat. Not only can he talk, but he's incredibly cunning. He sets out to make the young man's fortune, proving that he didn't get such a bad deal after all.

L'éducation sentimentale est un roman initiatique, partiellement inspiré des expériences de l'auteur et qui a ouvert la voie au mouvement littéraire du naturalisme, tourné vers la critique sociale et politique. Le jeune provincial Frédéric Moreau, nouvellement bachelier arrive à Paris...

Danger prowled under both the cold gray waters of the North Sea and the shimmering blue waves of the tropical Atlantic during World War II as Adolf Hitler's Third Reich attempted to strangle Allied shipping lanes with U-boat attacks. German and British submarines combed the vast oceanic battlefield for prey, while scientists developed new technologies and countermeasures.

The world is filled with mysteries, and even in the modern age, much of the planet remains unexplored. The depths of the oceans and the intricate and extensive cave systems that honeycomb some parts of the Earth are still largely unknown. Thus, it should come as no surprise that when it comes to this terra incognita, people have projected all sorts of ideas. Tales of sunken cities or lost civilizations are just some of the fanciful theories, and those could even be considered tame in comparison to the idea that Earth is flat.

¿Cómo podemos mejorar cada día? ¿Cuáles son los recursos que tenemos para lograr nuestro propósito en este mundo? Haanel nos dice que la clave está en el pensamiento, y afirma que es una actividad espiritual capaz de desatar el poder creativo que tenemos latente. En Química Mental conoceremos las pautas para adquirir el dominio de nuestros pensamientos y encaminarlos hacia la felicidad, el bienestar, la salud, y a la Armonía Universal.

From the author of the global bestseller, The Power of Habit Who and what are supercommunicators? They're the people who can steer a conversation to a successful conclusion. They are able to talk about difficult topics without giving offence. They know how to make others feel at ease and share...

Scipio Africanus: The Life and Legacy of the Roman General Who Defeated Hannibal During the Second Punic War chronicles how Scipio rose to prominence, his legendary victory at Zama, and the legacy he had on antiquity.

Great Expectations is hailed as Charles Dickens' masterpiece. A gripping tale of love and loss, aspiration and moral redemption, the story follows the young orphan Xiaomao (Pip) from poverty to a life of unexpected opportunity and wealth. Mandarin Companion is a series of easy-to-listen-to novels in Chinese that are fun to listen to and proven to accelerate language learning.

After eighteen years as a political prisoner in the Bastille, the ageing Doctor Manette is finally released and reunited with his daughter in England. There the lives of two very different men, Charles Darnay, an exiled French aristocrat, and Sydney Carton, a disreputable but brilliant English lawyer, become enmeshed through their love for Lucie Manette. From the tranquil roads of London, they are drawn against their will to the vengeful, bloodstained streets of Paris at the height of the Reign of Terror, and they soon fall under the lethal shadow of La Guillotine.

The Ultimate Classics Collection: Volume One is a continent-hopping, century-spanning collection of 10 of the greatest classic novels ever written, from British, Irish, American, and German authors, read by a cast of incredible narrators including Joanne Froggatt, Stephen Fry, Jonathan Keeble, David Rintoul, and many more.

Birds, Boughs, and Belonging invites listeners into a quieter America—where meaning is discovered not in noise or ambition, but through attentive companionship with nature. Across gardens, forests, seashores, and mountain vistas, classic American writers—including Nathaniel Hawthorne, Louisa...

Will Darling came back from the Great War with a few scars, a lot of medals, and no idea what to do next. Inheriting his uncle's chaotic secondhand bookshop is a blessing...until strange visitors start making threats. First a criminal gang, then the War Office, both telling Will to give them the information they want, or else. Will has no idea what that information is, and nobody to turn to, until Kim Secretan - charming, cultured, oddly attractive - steps in to offer help. As Kim and Will try to find answers and outrun trouble, mutual desire grows along with the danger.  

The classic Christmas story, brought to life in a whole new way. This isn't just an audiobook. It's a full theatrical audio drama - complete with a cast of 21 voice actors from around the world, stunning sound effects, original music, and production that puts you right inside the story. Ebenezer...

¡Ten cuidado con lo que dices, porque el tamaño de tus palabras podría medir igual que tu recompensa! Esta es la historia de dos hermanas muy opuestas. Mientras la una es hostil y arrogante, la otra es noble y sincera. Un hechizo de hada hará que la boca de cada hermana se llene de un material muy parecido a sus palabras.

¡Ten cuidado con lo que deseas porque en esta historia podría hacerse realidad! Un leñador se pasea por el bosque quejándose de su vida, cuando lo detiene Júpiter en medio del camino.

Una niña vestida con caperuza roja sale hacia la casa de su abuela para llevarle torta y manteca. Sin embargo, un lobo la detiene en el camino del bosque y le indica un camino diferente, que la niña sigue sin saber que llegará más tarde de lo pensado. La historia de Caperucita roja fue recopilada por Charles Perrault en el año 1697. Se trata de un cuento moral, muy al estilo de la época.

First published in 1843, it tells the story of Ebenezer Scrooge, a mean and unpleasant man who dislikes people generally and Christmas especially. One Christmas Eve he is visited by the ghost of his former business partner Jacob Marley and the spirits of Christmas Past, Present and Yet to Come and given a glimpse of the many homes and lives which Scrooge has touched in his wretched life to date. After their visits, Scrooge is transformed into a kinder, gentler man.